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THIRD PSALM.
Lord, how are they increased,
Who seek to trouble me:
Many are they—they will not cease,
They rise up like the sea.
Who seek to trouble me:
Many are they—they will not cease,
They rise up like the sea.
Many there be that say,
His prayer God will not hear,—
His soul shall perish by the way;
He is engulfed in fear.
His prayer God will not hear,—
His soul shall perish by the way;
He is engulfed in fear.
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But thou, Lord, art a shield
And buckler unto me;
My glory on the battle-field—
My hope is all in Thee.
And buckler unto me;
My glory on the battle-field—
My hope is all in Thee.
Thou liftest up my head,
As with my voice I cry;
Thou dost regard the tears I shed,
Thou hearest every sigh.
As with my voice I cry;
Thou dost regard the tears I shed,
Thou hearest every sigh.
Beside thy holy hill,
I laid me down and slept,
Awoke obedient to thy will,
Rejoicing there, I wept.
I laid me down and slept,
Awoke obedient to thy will,
Rejoicing there, I wept.
I will not be afraid
Of many thousand men,
An army vast, for war arrayed—
They compass me in vain.
Of many thousand men,
An army vast, for war arrayed—
They compass me in vain.
Arise, O Lord, and save;
In Thee I put my trust!
My enemies, though they be brave,
Smite, Lord, into the dust!
In Thee I put my trust!
My enemies, though they be brave,
Smite, Lord, into the dust!
Salvation, full and free,
Belongeth to the Lord,
Thy people rest secure in thee,—
A blessing is thy word.
Belongeth to the Lord,
Thy people rest secure in thee,—
A blessing is thy word.
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